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Biochemical Markers in Myocardial Injury
Author(s) -
Gavaghan Mary
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61303-3
Subject(s) - myocardial infarction , abnormality , cardiac muscle , disease , medicine , muscle damage , muscle disease , pathology , cardiology , cardiac marker , troponin , psychiatry
Biochemical markers are substances that are detected in body fluids or tissues that may signify a disease or other abnormality. Biochemical markers have been used to help in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction since the 1950s. The major problem with these markers is that they lack specificity for cardiac muscle as they are also elevated in many disease states and after minor muscle damage. AORN J 70 (Nov 1999) 840‐854.